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Thank you to everyone who has participated in a Range Rival drill of the month! It means the world to see our mission in action as we compete against each other monthly as a community with the purpose of getting better.
Special shoutout to our Top 10 list who have proven their mettle against the rest and claimed victory! Each one of these drills is designed to help you become a better shooter. See what they did right or what you can do better when a similar drill hits the stage.
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Easy as 1-2-3 is a reload-control drill built around one simple idea: shoot the required number of rounds, then immediately do the next thing. This drill forces you to stay mentally engaged through the entire string. You are not waiting
The Reverse Konami Code is a drill of my own creation, and draws inspiration from the classic videogame cheat code. I wanted to make a drill that requires quick torso shots, but requires some deliberate shooting for good eyebox hits.
The Blake Drill is a speed and transition focused drill. If you’ve been shooting Drill of the Month with us for a while now you’ve seen a variety of speed and accuracy focused drills. Now lets focus on getting from
The Accelerator is one of the best “truth serum” drills for competitive shooting because it forces you to change gears on demand. The 7-yard target tempts you to blaze, the 20-yard target punishes impatience, and the 15-yard target lives right
“The Hateful A’s” drill is a modified version of the Hateful 8 drill created by Bill Blowers. Instead of a B-8 target, we’re using a USPSA Standard Torso to speed things up and make the practice translate more directly to
Level up your handgun fundamentals with the Accelerated Super Test, our Drill of the Month challenge. This timed B8 accuracy drill includes three rapid strings at 5, 10, and 15 yards with a 135-point minimum score requirement. Learn setup, scoring,
This is essentially a double split-Bill drill, but with an emphasis on working some other skills into it. This variant comes from our very own Evo! Setting Up The Drill: Place your two USPSA torso targets downrange, shoulder to shoulder.
This drill is one of my own creation. The Paul W. Shotgun Drill is essentially a Bill Drill, but modified to work with a wide range of shotguns.
The Bill Drill is a classic, low round-count pressure test that pairs draw speed with recoil management and shot-calling. It’s pure fundamentals: grip, sights, trigger, cadence. Like most of our monthly picks, it’s solo-friendly and easily run on a single
The Double Failure to Stop Drill with a reload as written is made to push the shooter to get out of their comfort zone, and break past a cadence of bang-bang-pause-bang. Much like my rifle version of this drill, the
The “Can You SHO & WHO” Drill is a straightforward, low round count exercise that is all about one-handed shooting. Building skill in Strong Hand Only (SHO) & Weak Hand Only (WHO) shooting will make you a better shooter as
The Low–High Reload Drill is a straightforward, low round count exercise that blends fundamentals with shot placement prioritization and a reload under mild pressure. It introduces visual transition control and emphasizes accountability on both speed and accuracy.
The Devil Drill was created by Larry Vickers. It is a simple, low round count drill that works in a drawstroke, a reload, and accurate shooting. There’s only one string of fire for this drill too. We’ve modified it for
The Mozambique Drill as modified here is quite simple. Setup 2 USPSA Standard targets 7 yards from the starting line with a 5-foot spacing between targets. The start position is a compressed high or low ready with the stock under
Thrill of the Bill Drill is a USPSA Classifier stage commonly seen at Level 1 matches. It takes the traditional Bill Drill and adds modifiers for strings 2 & 3. There will be no penalty for using an OWB holster
4 strings of fire. Par time of 2.5 seconds for each stage. 1.3 second penalty if shooter performs String 1 from low ready, rather than drawing from a holster. If using an open rig (non-concealed, no active retention), .5 second
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This drill was designed by Matt Pranka originally for handguns! We modified it for a rifle variant at the recommendation of Roof Korean from Firearms and Firearm Accessories.
The Rangemaster Baseline Assessment drill was devised by Tom Givens of Rangemaster. He made this to be a proper baseline, which means that we have it to compare our skill against.
Designed by Claude Werner (The Tactical Professor) the Werner 5×5 is a deceptively hard drill. It seems easy, but it requires consistency. I’d recommend that folks shoot it with their actual carry guns too, as you may have issues with
Designed by Larry Vickers, The Test was made to be a baseline for Delta Force Operators to see how well they shoot handguns. We’re doing a modified variant (modified by Ken Hackathorn), that uses point scoring on the B8, rather
